Reading is Fundamental is a 102-card Commander deck led by Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant in the mono-blue color identity. TableCommander estimates this deck at bracket 4 — optimized / high-power.
The mainboard runs 18 creatures, 9 instants, 14 sorceries, 24 artifacts, 3 enchantments, 1 planeswalker, and 33 lands, averaging 3.77 mana value across non-land cards. 51% of non-land cards cost 3 mana or less; 25% cost 5 or more. The sideboard adds 1 card.
Notable inclusions: 9 game changers (e.g. Ancient Tomb, Consecrated Sphinx, and Cyclonic Rift), 1 alternate win condition (Mechanized Production), 5 extra-turn spells (e.g. Capture of Jingzhou, Expropriate, and Temporal Manipulation), 1 free counterspell (Force of Negation), and 2 tutors (Fabricate and Tezzeret the Seeker). This deck currently has legality issues for Commander.
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